A Taurus may have seemed ok in driver's ed, heck a 1992 Grand Am SE seemed ok to me in driver's ed, but it was nothing compared to my Lebaron Convertible. My point is, when your young, and havent driven a lot of different vehicles, almost anything seems nice, you don't have much to compare a Taurus to. Trust me. You went from driving a newer Taurus in Driver's Ed, to an older contour. Of course a Taurus seems nice, it's a better model, and it's newer. If you went from the Taurus you drove in driver's Ed to say a new mustang convertible, or a 1997 lincoln Mark VII for instance, you'd not think so much of the Taurus. I didn't think so much of my lebaron convertible after I drove a new mustang convertible. I'm not dissing you for liking a Taurus, to each his own. However, you should see that you don't really have a lot to compare the Taurus to, and those of us who do, don't think so highly of it. When you've driven the competition, and other things, trust me, a Taurus won't seem so quiet, so powerful, or so quick to stop.
